Teachers can support language development by using and providing syntax that is appropriately leveled (e.g.

Teachers support language development by using and providing Vocabulary that is appropriately leveled (e.g., using word wall words).

Creating and acting out texts or original narratives can enhance literacy for young learners, solidifying their comprehension and building Narrative Skills.

Advance graphic organizers link prior knowledge to upcoming learning to help students anticipate and understand the structure of new information.

Listening comprehension and Decoding are the foundational components of reading comprehension.

Content that is provided in clear, short chunks can support students' Working Memory.

Developing empathy in educators and in learners is an iterative process that requires taking the time to understand and honor others' perspectives.

Building positive and trusting relationships with learners allows them to feel safe; a sense of belonging; and that their academic, cognitive, and social and emotional needs are supported.

Checking in with learners, or taking the time to talk with individual learners about their experiences or goals, is important for fostering a positive classroom environment.

Chunking involves breaking texts down into more manageable pieces to help learners focus their Attention while reading and to comprehend text more effectively.

Communication boards are displays of graphics (e.g., pictures, symbols, illustrations) and/or words where learners can gesture or point to the displays to extend their expressive language potential.

When peers work cooperatively to practice writing letters, words, and eventually longer sentences, their Foundational Writing Skills, including spelling and writing quality, improve.

When classrooms are intentionally designed to promote inclusion, belonging, and accessibility, they positively influence key learner factors, including Attention, Self-Regulation, Learner Mindset, and Sense of Belonging.

Students activate more cognitive processes by exploring and representing their understandings in visual form.

Daily review strengthens previous learning and can lead to fluent recall.

Developing cultural awareness as an educator is an ongoing process that includes building empathy for the full diversity of students, intentionally recognizing how one's own identity intersects with students' identities, and creating an awareness of how the learning environment can impact students' Sense of Belonging.

With this interactive technique, teachers help students become storytellers by listening and questioning.

Dictionaries and thesauruses can serve as resources for students to expand their Vocabulary knowledge.

Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.

When teachers provide explicit instruction in comprehension strategies and model when to use them, students learn how to flexibly apply them to make meaning of texts.

As students are learning to read, they benefit from explicit, systematic phonics instruction.

Seeing and using new words repeatedly and in many contexts is critical for Vocabulary acquisition.

Teaching students how to label, identify, and manage emotions helps them learn self-regulation skills.

Learners' awareness of race and differences starts at a young age.

When young children draw and are encouraged to explain their drawings, they are sharpening the cognitive and motor skills involved in conventional writing.

A first step to supporting learners is truly understanding who they are.

Actively and authentically encouraging all students to seek support, ask questions, and advocate for what they believe in creates a safe space for risk-taking and skill development and supports a Sense of Belonging.

Equitable grading systems and practices reimagine how to assess and communicate student progress through various methods that reduce subjectivity and increase opportunities to learn.

When students explain their thinking process aloud, they recognize the strategies they use and solidify their understanding.

Explicit instruction in handwriting, including letter formation, can help Handwriting Skills become more automatic, freeing up Working Memory to focus on Foundational Writing Skills.

Explicit spelling instruction helps to improve not only students' spelling, a key part of Foundational Writing Skills, but also supports reading skills development.

Family engagement happens when educators and schools collaborate with families to collectively support their child's learning in meaningful ways, both at school and at home.

Visiting places connected to classroom learning provides opportunities to deepen understanding through firsthand experiences.

Flexible grouping is a classroom practice that temporarily places students together in given groups to work together, with the purpose of achieving a given learning goal or activity.

Teachers can help students understand that learning involves effort, mistakes, and reflection by teaching them about their malleable brain and modeling their own learning process.

Free choice supports learner interests and allows more complex social interactions to develop.

As students walk through stations working in small groups, the social and physical nature of the learning supports deeper understanding.

Games help students visualize new information and immerse themselves in the learning process.

Adding motions to complement learning activates more cognitive processes for recall and understanding.

Setting overall goals, as well as smaller goals as steps to reaching them, encourages consistent, achievable progress and helps students feel confident in their skills and abilities.

Visualizing how ideas fit together helps students construct meaning and strengthen recall.

Providing feedback that focuses on the process of developing skills conveys the importance of effort and motivates students to persist when learning.

In guided inquiry, teachers help students use their own language for constructing knowledge by active listening and questioning.

Spending time on literacy practices with assistance from a teacher helps to move new content, concepts, and ideas into Long-term Memory.

Easy access to high frequency words promotes sight word recognition as students see the words repeatedly.

Imagining allows students to step back from a problem or task and think about it from multiple angles.

Learning about students' cultures and connecting them to instructional practices helps foster a sense of belonging and mitigate Stereotype Threat.

Independent reading promotes reading development by emphasizing student choice with teacher support in selecting books, as well as by making time for free reading.

Practicing until achieving several error-free attempts is critical for retention.

Having space where students can go supports Self-regulation and individual deliberate practice.

As students work with and process information by discussing, organizing, and sharing it together, they deepen their understanding.

Rhyming, alliteration, and other sound devices reinforce language development by activating the mental processes that promote memory.

To promote acceptance of learning diversity, students explore learning tools and strategies to see how they work and why they and others might use them.

Literacy centers with reading games, manipulatives, and activities support learner interests and promote the development of more complex reading skills and social interactions.

Providing physical representations of concepts helps activate mental processes.

Through short but regular mindfulness activities, students develop their awareness and ability to focus.

A mnemonic device is a creative way to support memory for new information using connections to current knowledge, for example by creating visuals, acronyms, or rhymes.

Multiple tables and chairs on wheels allow for setting up the classroom to support the desired learning outcomes of each classroom activity.

By talking through their thinking at each step of a process, teachers can model what learning looks like.

Teachers sharing text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections models this schema building.

Brain breaks that include movement allow learners to refresh their thinking and focus on learning new information.

Instruction in multiple formats allows students to activate different cognitive skills to understand and remember the steps they are to take in their reading work.

Multiple display spaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.

Using multiple methods of assessment can help educators gain a comprehensive understanding of learner progress across a wide range of skills and content.

Using multiple writing surfaces promotes collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.

We take in information through all our senses.

Connecting information to music and dance can support Short-term and Long-term Memory by engaging auditory processes, Emotions, and physical activity.

A parent evening meeting about how to support literacy at home with one follow-up meeting with each family has shown strong results for students' reading development.

Reading aloud allows students to hear and practice reading and fluency skills.

Research shows physical activity improves focus and creativity.

Visuals help students recognize relationships within words and sentences to develop reading skills.

Playful activities, including pretending, games, and other child-led activities, can support the development of learners' Metacognition and also inspire their narratives and writing.

When students reframe negative thoughts and tell themselves kind self-statements, they practice positive self-talk.

Pre-assessments are tools or activities used before instruction begins to help educators understand what students already know, understand, or can do—and where they may need support.

Talking with students about what they know about the topic of upcoming work helps activate their Background Knowledge or reveals gaps.

Maintaining consistent classroom routines and schedules ensures that students are able to trust and predict what will happen next.

Project-based learning (PBL) actively engages learners in authentic tasks designed to create products that answer a given question or solve a problem.

Cards with strategies for managing emotions help students remember how to act when faced with strong feelings.

Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment.

Reading aloud regularly exposes students to new and familiar vocabulary and texts.

Reading aloud books about skills children are learning provides another model for their development.

When students explain to others, they deepen their understanding and gain confidence in their learning.

Providing space and time for students to reflect is critical for moving what they have learned into Long-term Memory.

Students build their confidence and skills by reading and rereading books.

Respectful redirection, or error correction, outlines a clear and concise way that educators can provide feedback on behaviors that need immediate correction, in a positive manner.

Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question.

Books for vision differences support reading development for learners with visual needs.

Books of varying complexity and reading levels are necessary for all students to experience reading success.

With rhyming and creative word use, poetry is a genre that supports the development of early literacy skills in particular.

Students who have had little exposure to the school's language can benefit from having books in their Primary Language in their classroom.

Books with SEL topics, such as developing friendships and identifying emotions, help teach these skills.

Selecting culturally responsive reading materials, including multicultural and diverse texts, is critical for supporting all students.

Incorporating multiple senses with strategies like chewing gum, using a vibrating pen, and sitting on a ball chair supports focus and Attention.

Shadowing a student involves an educator, administrator, or designated adult observing a learner across different parts of their day to deepen their understanding of that learner's experience beyond their classroom.

Providing ways for students to adjust sound level supports individual auditory needs.

Using earplugs or headphones can increase focus and comfort.

Providing a story map ahead of time or having students create a map during or after reading helps learners understand and practice Narrative Skills.

A strengths-based approach is one where educators intentionally identify, communicate, and harness students' assets, across many aspects of the whole child, in order to empower them to flourish.

Providing students a voice in their learning is critical for making learning meaningful.

Student-led conferences are meetings between students, parents, and teachers where the student actively leads the conversation by reflecting on their progress toward goals and sharing examples of their work.

Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports focus and Self-Regulation.

Providing tools so learners can choose to listen to a text supports individual strengths and needs.

Students develop reading skills by listening to and speaking with others in informal ways.

Timers help students learn to self-pace and transition.

Tossing a ball, beanbag, or other small object activates physical focus in support of mental focus.

Translanguaging is a flexible classroom practice enabling students to listen, speak, read, and write across their multiple languages or dialects, even if the teacher does not have formal knowledge of these additional languages.

Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide increased room for collaboration and active learning.

Having students verbally repeat information such as instructions ensures they have heard and supports remembering.

Providing visuals to introduce, support, or review instruction activates more cognitive processes to support learning.

Videos developed with discussion guides can teach students about SEL skills.

Visual supports, like text magnification, colored overlays, and guided reading strips, help students focus and properly track as they read.

Wait time, or think time, of three or more seconds after posing a question increases how many students volunteer and the length and accuracy of their responses.

Web-based dictionaries and thesauruses can serve as visual and audio resources for students to expand their Vocabulary knowledge.

Word sorts are multisensory activities that help learners identify patterns and group words based on different categories.

A word wall helps build Vocabulary for reading fluidity and support Foundational Writing Skills such as spelling.